The Waco daily examiner. [volume] (Waco, Tex.) 187?-1888, 1887-05-28
SINCLAIR STORY
\ Nouua Nan i Politc ana Makes II
Intnl MistnlAo.

III VIZ U ClOth III luC evening Ol
the 10Th of March, ls5j, and the West.
ern express on the Unlon Pacific rail
road was running onward through
the vast and open waste of prairie
that lies sloug the route.
Tie night was one of the Widest
ever remember. and the rain dashed
In sheets against the car windows,
while the deep rumbhug of thunder
often mingled with the noise OF the
train.
! hat been reading the greater part
of the day and, as the light in the car
We> poor, amused myself by study.
ing the faces of my tcllowtravelcfs
for ii j. always very iutcrc~tirg TO
observe the diilcrJnt expressions of
persons in q railroad car. when they
arc absorbed in thought and entirely
uucou, clous that auy one is looking
at them.
] was especially attracted by the
pleasant features of all elderly lady,
who with u boy of about / years.
evidently her son, wa, sitting oppo-
site III; and 30, was Specializing
whittier she aud the boy were bound.
she leaned over and asked me If
would he Sind enough to tell her
when We arrived at tho station OF
Wakefield. replied thai | should be
pleased to be ut service to her. and
found out from the conductor when
next he passed that the town where
she wished t. get OIL would bee our
next stop.
Although ihe cars of 1888 were not
nearly rs comfortable ~ those that
now run Oh all the IA, roads OF this
country, yet in contrast with the wind
and rain outside they ~eemed pleas
ant AZ the station are many miles
apart in the less civilized portion OF
tho Western states through which
thi railroad passes, there are but few
stopping places. settled myself ~
comfortably ~ the seat allowed, Bui,
listening to the beating rain and the
storm without, gradually fell asleep.
] must have slept tor two or three
hours, when suddenly awoke, and
finding the train had come to - stop,
helped the woman and her son safely
down The steps, and the train moved
ON; but as Che wind blow the
rain into my face nearly
binding me, w, glad TO
return TO- my seat, and settled IN, self
down again in tac warm car. ! had
been seated only short time Whcl
tAc conductor passed along and n he
punched nav ticket inquired where
the people had gone who had occu-
pod the seat opposite mine. ] told
MIN TINT helped them oil in aiciy al
our last stopping ploce have never
since behold such ~ ioos OF horror on
AN, man fac; bat suddenly stepping
up he seized me By the -hou,dcr, and
exclaimed in tone 80 excited rs u
be almost u whisper "bo you know
what YOU have done bN putting th,
woman and her boy OIL at the last sta-
lion: Tho place where We last
stopped was not ~ settlement rs yot
supposed, but only . tank whore IS,
took on water for the engine Whai
was | to do: Without my knowing
ID had lett the woman and her sou
out in that awful torn IN
the m'l-t OF the prairie
moro than 100 milo from any human
being: crid,> a. II was Satur'
day night, no trains would pn-s then
until Monday. rushed in to tho
Ggiuc and told the whole story t.
the engineer, cntreating him to re-
turn: but he would not, for he said he
Wu- not nj liberty TO 20 back under
any circumstances and he feared that
ne would yet into trOeble or lose he
place by returning. Almost wilo
with rage at the cOWardice ofthe man
had to return to my scat and wali
uutil we should arrive at the mex
station. which took fully halt All hour
when | look back on that time, il
seems to me to have been the mos
fearful thirty minute, of my life; TO
although | was scarcely TO blame, au'
il was through mistake that the'
had been lcit on the prairie, yet thu
thought of that woman and her sol
out on that Wild night, and that | wa
perfectly power!ess to go to thei
assistance, drove me nearly to dcs
pair
When at last we reached the mex
town, was able to procure . loco
motive. and we started for the water
tank rs fast n steam could carry III
We reached the place Us the first f,tn
,treaks of approaching dawn wer
visible in the east, but saw nothing o
either woman or child; and althougI
the prairie for miles around wa
searched, have never been able t.
+ ina anything that gave the sllghtes
clew to their fate.
= This awful tragedy made n dee
impression upon me, aud after lon
attack Of what my physicians terme
= nervous prostration, | slowly recoy
cred; but the adventure Of that fear
y full night still haunts me like spcC
/ tire. and on dark aud rainy night'
when the wiud means through tn
. trees outside my window, the hgur
of that woman and her boy disappear
= ing through The rain are windy pic
tured on my imagination
bad Tor tie Panama canal.
, NEW YoRN, May 27-Adyices froi
! Panama Of the 10Th inst, say; ON on